Acts 13:10 - Exposition

All guile and all villainy for all subtlety and all mischief, A.V.; son for child, A.V. The word ῥᾳδιουργία , reckless conduct, villainy, wickedness, is only found here in the New Testament. The kindred form ( ῥᾳδιούργημα ) occurs in Acts 18:14 . Thou son of the devil (comp. John 8:38 , John 8:44 ; 1 John 3:10 ). Elymas showed himself a child of the devil in his endeavors to resist the truth of the gospel, and substitute his own falsehoods and imposture. Compare the severity of Peter's language in rebuking Simon Magas ( Acts 8:20-23 ). Probably, too, he accused ( διέβαλεν ) Paul and Barnabas, and traduced their motives before the proconsul, when he saw his own influence being undermined, and his gains likely to be stopped.